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I thought Ligaya Turmelle's post on SQL joins was a great primer for novice developers. Since SQL joins appear to be set-based, the use of Venn diagrams to explain them seems, at first blush, to be a natural fit. However, like the commenters to her post, I found that the Venn diagrams didn't quite match the SQL join syntax reality in my testing.

Dear, dear followers…

First and foremost, I am sending my undying love and support to all of you affected by the Hurricane. Luckily, my family is fine. I’m currently staying with my parents and housing a friend while all of this (hopefully) dies down.

New Yorkers (including myself) were way too flippant about the hurricane. Praying for all those affected, and if you can, help the victims by texting REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief.

Second of all, because of slow internet/cell/communication in NYC, it’s going to take a little longer to get the blog up and running in it’s new format.

Thank you so much for being patient with me. I just want to do this well, and that’s going to take a little time.

All the best to you and yours,

Stella